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The entire spectrum of technologies for information processing, including software, hardware, communications technologies and related services. In general, information technology (IT) does not include embedded technologies that do not generate data for enterprise use.

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1. Portion of the total information contained in a message that can be eliminated without loss of essential information. 2. Provision of duplicate, backup equipment or links that immediately take ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

A method of mirroring or striping data on clusters of low-end disk drives; data is copied onto multiple drives for faster throughput, error correction, fault tolerance and improved mean time between ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Regulatory compliance is concerned with laws that a business must obey, or risk legal sanctions, up to and including prison for its officers.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

A database management system (DBMS) that incorporates the relational-data model, normally including a Structured Query Language (SQL) application programming interface. It is a DBMS in which the ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

The RDBMS architecture is based on a formal method of constructing a database in rows and columns using rules that have formal mathematical proofs. RDBMSs originated in the work of E.F. Codd. In an ...

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A relational approach to multidimensionality, offering multidimensional operations (initially read only) on top of relational data (heavily denormalized).

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A staff member who acts as an organizational liaison, typically between an information services (IS) department and business-unit or function. The relationship manager may fulfill a combination of ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

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